Keeping Yourselves in the Love of God.

Jud 1:20  But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, 

Jud 1:21  Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. 

Did you think of eternal life today?

If not, why not?

Maybe you said a morning prayer, and perhaps you recited the Lord's Prayer, and in that prayer are the words-  'Thy kingdom come', but did you stop and think about those words or were they said automatically without much thought at all? I ask because we ALL (ME INCLUDED) need to think much more about eternal life than we do.  Okay, if you're someone who does think of eternal life a lot, then clearly you don't have to think more about it, but I know personally I need to think more and more about it.  I get so caught up in THIS life I neglect to have serious and extensive thoughts about eternal life- the life I'm truly living for- not this world.

I need KEEP myself in the LOVE of GOD- LOOKING for the MERCY of our LORD JESUS CHRIST- all to ETERNAL LIFE.

Am I looking for the mercy? Am I keeping myself in the love of God? Is eternal life on my mind?

Back when the first century Christ followers lived, they had their "normal" everyday lives to live just like we do today. Yes, millions of things have changed since that time but one thing that hasn't changed is our need of a Savior.

They learned of Christ back then and some were just children when the wonderful news was shared with them and those children may have lived to be in their seventies, eighties, or nineties. The point I'm trying to make is they had to live out their years in their everyday life just like we do, they didn’t have it easier. In fact a lot of them had it much harder than we do- they were being persecuted there wasn’t a safe country for them to practice their beliefs. We have to believe with all our hearts and Jesus has to be a very real part of our lives, every single day!

Are we keeping ourselves in the love of God?

How many people today are being tortured for keeping themselves in the love of God? Right now, right this moment, how many are feeling pain because they refuse to give up their love of God through Jesus Christ? They REFUSE to give up the love of God.  God is so important to them they would rather DIE than give up their love of Him. Yet we are so petty we get mad at God when things don't go our way, when we feel like the weight of the world is on our shoulders and God is allowing it so we get mad, and we aren't being TORTURED for our FAITH! Or maybe we don't get mad at God, maybe we are counting our tribulations joy. Maybe we are living with heaven on our minds daily. It's just so easy to be a fair-weather Christian, just as easy as it is to be a crisis Christian. A crisis Christian calls upon God a lot more when they face trouble and they barely think of Him when things are going good- the opposite of a fair-weather Christian.  The truth is, we need God in the wonderful times as well as the awful times. We never STOP needing God no matter what is happening in our lives!  We have to KEEP ourselves in the love of God! Because if we don't actively KEEP ourselves in the love of God, Satan will introduce all sorts of things to keep us away from Him.  

Let's keep the love of God with us as we have ordinary days, uniquely wonderful days, horrifically awful days, let there not be a single day no matter our circumstances that the love God isn't there with us. All through the mercy and grace of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, now and forever!!!!!!!